Ngosuku lwakhe lokuqala e-ofisini, nge-20 kaJanuwari, uMongameli wase-US uTrump wafuna ukuba iGulf of Mexico iguqulwe ibe yiGulf of America, ngenxa “yokubaluleka kwayo esizweni.”
Ukongeza, uTrump wayalela ukuba kuqanjwe igama leyona ndawo iphakamileyo yaseNyakatho Melika ukusuka eDenali ukuya kwigama layo langaphambili, iMount McKinley, imbeko kumongameli we-25 wase-US, uWilliam McKinley.
UGoogle uye wachaza ngaphambili ukuba ubambelela "kwindlela ekudala ikho" yokuphumeza utshintsho lwamagama kwiimephu zakhe zikaGoogle xa zibonakaliswa kuxwebhu olusemthethweni lukarhulumente.
Izolo, ngokuhambelana nomyalelo kaTrump ojolise ekukhumbuleni "uBukhulu baseMelika," iiMaphu zikaGoogle zinike igama ngokusesikweni iGulf of Mexico ukuba 'yiGulf of America' kubasebenzisi abaseUnited States.
Kwiposti yeendaba zoluntu, inkampani yezobuchwepheshe iqinisekisile ukuba iya kuhlaziya iGoogle Maps ukuze ihambelane notshintsho olutshanje olwenziwe yi-US Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), eyatshintsha ngokusemthethweni 'iGulf of Mexico' kwi-'Gulf of America.'
Abasebenzisi beMephu zikaGoogle eUnited States ngoku bazakubona 'iGulf of America', kanti eMexico, uGoogle uya kuligcina igama elithi 'Gulf of Mexico'. Abathengi abakwamanye amazwe ngaphandle kwaseMexico nase-United States baya kubona omabini amagama eboniswe 'njengeGulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)'. NgokukaGoogle, indibano yamagama imiselwa ziisethingi zendawo yomsebenzisi.
Igophe, elidibanisa kuLwandle lweCaribbean kunye noLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, linabela kunxweme olusempuma lwaseMexico, unxweme olukumazantsi mpuma eUnited States, kunye nomda osentshona weCuba. Igama elithi Gulf of Mexico liye lasetyenziswa ngabahloli bamazwe baseYurophu kunye nabazobi beemaphu ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-400.
Ukuthatha kukaGoogle ukuthiywa ngokutsha kwegophe kufana kakhulu nezinye izinto eziphikisanayo okanye ezichongiweyo ngokwahlukeneyo ngokwejografi, njengendawo yolwandle ephakathi kweJapan neKorea, ebizwa ngokuba 'luLwandle lwaseJapan (uLwandle lwaseMpuma)' kwiingxoxo ezithile zamazwe ngamazwe.
Inyathelo likaTrump lokuthiya ngokutsha igophe lihlangabezane nochaso olumandla kumazwe angaphandle. Umongameli waseMexico uClaudia Sheinbaum uye waqinisekisa ukuba iMexico kunye noluntu lwamazwe ngamazwe luya kuqhubeka lubhekisela kumzimba wamanzi njengeGulf of Mexico, egxininisa ukuba iUnited States "ayinakukwazi ukuguqula ngokuzimeleyo ukutyunjwa komzila wamanzi wamazwe ngamazwe" oye wamkelwa "iminyaka emininzi." I-United Kingdom kunye neKhanada nazo zibhengeze ukuba ziza kuqhubeka nokusebenzisa igama lokuqala.
